Key result
Breakfast skipping was significantly and independently associated with persistently increased arterial stiffness (baPWV) over 5 years in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Why the study?
There was limited literature investigating the relationship between lifestyle habits and longitudinal changes in arterial stiffness in patients with T2DM.
Is breakfast skipping associated with increased arterial stiffness in patients with type 2 diabetes?
Cohort (n=734)
Is breakfast skipping associated with increased arterial stiffness in patients with type 2 diabetes?
Breakfast skipping is an independent lifestyle habit associated with persistently increased arterial stiffness in patients with type 2 diabetes.
May warrant counseling against breakfast skipping in type 2 diabetes; hypothesis-generating for causality and intervention effects on stiffness.
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Mita et al. (2020) conducted a cohort in Type 2 diabetes mellitus (n=734). Breakfast skipping vs. Higher frequency of breakfast intake was evaluated on Longitudinal change in brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV). Breakfast skipping was significantly and independently associated with persistently increased arterial stiffness (baPWV) over 5 years in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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